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Interior Secretary Salazar announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries Service have launched a joint effort to identify and implement administrative changes to the Endangered Species Act.

"This... marks the transformation of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal from a toxic dumping ground to the home of bison, birds, & native prairie; from a chemical weapons depot to a... visitors center that will welcome more than 200,000 families... each year."

The Office of the First Lady's Let's Move! Initiative and four federal agencies today launched Let's Move! in Indian Country to support and advance work to improve the health of American Indian & Alaska Native children.

Interior Secretary Salazar today announced that DOI's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is the recipient of the first Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award.

Interior Secretary Salazar today announced that DOI is evaluating the potential streamlining of regulations that govern the calculation of royalties owed to the US from oil and natural gas produced offshore and on federal lands.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Hayes announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has selected eight construction projects in California for funding under WaterSMART's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program.

These newest WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant projects will leverage federal funding with non-federal cost share to complete more than $76 million in water management and delivery improvements.

Donald “Del” Laverdure, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, today addressed the United Nations on U.S. support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Interior Secretary Salazar today announced that the USGS will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the U.S. portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource.